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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What languages does the cashier say he speaks?
(a) Hindi and a little English.
(b) Tamil and a little English.
(c) Hebrew and French.
(d) Turkish and French.

2. What does Mr. Salgado's house represent to Triton when he is a boy?
(a) A beautiful prison.
(b) A magical place to explore and enjoy.
(c) Center of the universe.
(d) Home away from home.

3. Who is Lucy-amma?
(a) The local school teacher.
(b) The old cook-woman.
(c) The neighborhood matchmaker.
(d) The young girl next door.

4. How long has the cashier been out of Sri Lanka?
(a) Seven years ago.
(b) A decade.
(c) A year and a half.
(d) Fairly recently.

5. At the start of the story, what does the narrator notice about the cashier?
(a) The cashier looks frightened.
(b) The cashier resembles him.
(c) The cashier looks drunk.
(d) The cashier is asleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once inside the office, what does the narrator ask the cashier?

2. After escaping from Joseph, where does Triton go to wait?

3. After recording information about his car, what does the narrator do?

4. When the cashier experiences technical difficulties, what does he consider doing?

5. Who used to own the car that belongs to the narrator at the start of the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Mr. Salgado leaves for a weekend trip to his cousin's tea estate, what additional responsibilities does he give Triton?

2. During their first meeting, how does Triton reply when Mr. Salgado asks if he's been to school?

3. What happens when Mr. Salgado returns home from his trip to the tea estate?

4. Where does this story begin?

5. At the end of the first section, what does the narrator begin to talk about with the gas station cashier?

6. What does Triton do right after he fills up the tank of his old Volkswagen?

7. Describe the Volkswagen introduced in the first part of the book.

8. At the start of the story, who does the narrator speak with?

9. In "Part 1, Kolla", why is Triton left alone in Mr. Salgado's house?

10. When he is a boy, why does Triton regard Mr. Salgado's house as the "center of the universe"?

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